Relation water content ratio-to-liquidity index versus the Atterberg limits ratio evaluated with the Kaniadakis exponential law |
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| Authors: | Giovanni Spagnoli Pierpaolo Oreste |
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| Institution: | 1. BASF Construction Solutions GmbH, Trostberg, Germany;2. Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Water content ratio (WCR) is defined as the ratio water content to liquid limit (LL) and it is proved to be a good replacer of the well-known parameter liquidity index (LI) to predict shear strength of fine-grained soils. An interesting correlation between the slope of LI and WCR and LL/PL ratio was observed. However, this trend is poorly described by conventional regression functions. By employing the Kaniadakis exponential law based on the relativistic mechanics, 22 data set, considering the LL/PL vs the slope of LI and WCR, were very-well matched. |
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| Keywords: | Clays exponential law water content ratio Atterberg limits quadratic error |
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